Quotes
Samuel Adams
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
My studies suggest that at a time when America needs large amounts of low-cost reliable power, wind produces puny amounts of high-cost unreliable power. We need lower prices; wind power raises prices.
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the farm well...
But the windmills we are talking about today are not your grandmother’s windmills. Each one is typically 100 yards tall, two stories taller than the Stature of Liberty, taller than a football field is long.
Shirley Nelson
These people are not as much [wind] developers as they are salesmen. Their product sounds good — and green — in theory, but it is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Simon Jenkins
The Government’s [UK] thesis that the countryside of upland and coastal Britain is “worth sacrificing to save the planet” is an insult to science, economics and politics. But the greatest insult is to aesthetics. The trouble is that aesthetics has no way of answering back.
Stafford Hazelett
Protecting the Oregon Trail would require little effort if the location of the Oregon Trail were considered in the planning of the projects. But few developers care about or plan to protect the known historic sites to reduce the impact on the Oregon Trail. ...when public funds are used to destroy irreplaceable historic public treasures, perhaps we should be a little more careful and consider whether and how we should proceed.
Stuart Lowry
All too often I hear an enthusiastic statement that wind generators will replace the power plant and become the singular source of our energy supply. Despite what the infrequent visitor to western Kansas may think, the wind does not always blow. Consumers want to turn on the television or do the wash at any time, illustrating that the demand for electricity is present even when the wind is not blowing.